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(FILES) This file photo taken on November 7, 2014 shows Japanese writer Haruki Murakami poses for photographers prior to an awards ceremony for the Germany's Welt Literature Prize bestowed by the German daily Die Welt, in Berlin. Murakami says he regrets that Hong Kong's democracy protests did not bring the changes demanded by demonstrators, but their actions were not in vain. The writer made the remarks on March 2, 2015 in his online agony uncle column, responding to a question from a 22-year-old woman who said she took part in last year's street protests in the semi-autonomous southern Chinese city. AFP PHOTO / FILES / JOHN MACDOUGALLJOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images